They are supposed to work.
- What exactly is "crashed"?
- What exactly happens when you boot from that disk?
- What does the makers customer service say about the issue when you told them all relevant details they asked for?
Kees
My hd crashed and i purchases a brand new one. the restore disks from the manufacturer do not work. Did i miss something? are new hard drives different from say 5 tears ago?

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